THE NEW YORK TIMES

By Christine Haughney

For the decade that Milo Meed has lived in Harlem, he has been frustrated with the lack of healthy food.

Watching his 11-year-old son, Danny, grow up, he grew even more concerned, as he noticed far more obese children north of 96th Street.

For a few years, he tried to convince businesses to fix this problem. As a consultant to small businesses in Harlem, he suggested that they open a restaurant specializing in salads. Then he reached out to more than a dozen healthy food chains to see whether they would expand onto 125th Street.

But no one was interested.